Recession Contributes To Slowest Annual Rate Of Increase In Health Spending In Five Decades In 2009, US health care spending grew 4.0 percent—a historically low rate of annual increase—to $2.5 trillion, or $8,086 per person. Despite the slower growth, the share of the gross domestic product devoted to health spending increased to 17.6 percent in 2009 from 16.6 percent in 2008. The growth rate of health spending continued to outpace the growth of the […]...

How does the Careington discount dental plan work in California? I am not sure how well the plan would work for the Share of Cost Medi-Cal program since the SOC program generally requires dental insurance but the discount plan should work for many others. CareingtonDental.com web site indicates all of the dental service charges are reduced if performed by a participating general dentist....

Anxiety Increases Risk Of Complications For Heart Disease Patients Patients with heart disease who also suffer from an anxiety disorder have a significantly higher risk of having a heart attack, heart failure, stroke and death, compared to other heart disease patients, according to Dutch scientists. You can read about this study in the peer-reviewed medical journal Archives of General Psychiatry… Share on Facebook...

Reversing Share of Cost Transaction To reverse SOC transactions, providers enter the same information as for a clearance but specify that the entry is a reversal transaction. After the SOC file is updated, providers receive confirmation that the reversal is completed. Once a subscriber has been certified as having met the Share of Cost, reversal transactions can no longer be […]...

Liberty Dental Plans of California, Share of Cost Review Here are some of the disclosures to consider when purchasing the Liberty Dental Plan of California: Liberty Dental Plan will activate your benefits on the first of next month if your mail-in application and payment is received in their office by the 20th of this month. Subject to cancellation as provided under this Program, enrollment […]...

Leading Corporate Disability Inclusion Practices – June 30 The Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) will host a free webinar from 2 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern on June 30, 2011. During the webinar business leaders will talk about recruiting and hiring Veterans with disabilities and including people with disabilities as part of their diversity strategy. Share on Facebook...